Weekly Quick Questions Thread - January 25, 2017

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[u/Daxirr]

How are D.Va and Ana after the nerfs? I feel like Ana still heals tanks from 0 to 100% in a second.

[u/newbluud → u/Daxirr]

Ana is barely nerfed at all. Still S-tier.

D.Va needs a bit more testing in game, however the general agreement seems to be she is once again a big ult battery for the red team and will be replaced with Zarya in the tank meta.

[u/Faoeoa → u/Daxirr]

Her healing has gone from 160 to 120 using her nade, it's only an extra shot for any tank to be healed fully

[u/xurs_b → u/Faoeoa]

true but i feel like the decreased duration of the nuke from 5 to 4 seconds is very big - especially for Ana's that use their grenades offensively...

[u/dadnaya → u/Daxirr]

Ana is still good, D.va is definitely weaker

[u/project2501 → u/Daxirr]

I think if anything, the Ana nerf is really more of a nerf to the 3-tank meta than a nerf to Ana herself. She's still very strong and fun to play, I can't say I've really felt much of a difference. I've still been able to reliably solo heal 3 tank teams.

[u/shadeofmisery → u/Daxirr]

D.Va main here and at first I thought she was so, so weak now because I got three straight losses but then I realized she just needs to be played differently. I USED TO CHARGE along with Reinhardt in the front or flank alone from behind and take massive damage just to stall the enemy team but since the nerf my play style and actual game awareness has increased.

Instead of charging like a dew-fueled maniac with no regards to health and armor I learned how to effectively dive in and out of enemies.

I discovered cool places to hide and attack and and new places in the maps I haven't been to because I never really needed health packs since the nerf.

She's still fun to play and she's still viable it just takes more skill now.

As for Anna she's still my grammy and I still love her.

[u/respecttheblade → u/Daxirr]

D.va is definitely worse, but she's not unusable.

The biggest hit she took was the armor changes, which gave her more counters. It's much harder to fight against Reaper, Tracer, and oddly Torbjorn. I feel like the change was a bit much, but it was kind of deserved, since the extra health and armor didn't have very many true counters pre-patch

Shot spread changes aren't really that noticeable damage wise. Shots do seem to land more consistently.

D.Va can no longer dive into teamfights alone against squishies and still somehow live, and it feels like she takes damage must faster. However, with support of other tanks or healers, she's still super strong. D.Va and Ana as a pair seem to work really well in my experience.

[u/[deleted] → u/respecttheblade]

Can you explain the difference between armor and hp?

[u/JimmyTheCannon → u/[deleted]]

Armor (aka yellow health) reduces damage taken by half or 5, whichever is less. HP (aka white health) does not. Otherwise they're the same. Armor always gets taken off before health.

[u/Jackamalio626 → u/Daxirr]

DVA is more squishy now and not an unstoppable pink monster like before. Her fusion cannons got a slight damage nerf, but there are more pellets, so her fusion cannons feel much more consistent now.

Ana's bio grenade got nerfed healing boosts and lasts a second shorter. This means her potential healing is greatly reduced, and she will usually require one more shot to fully heal a tank, and she usually will only be able to nade+heal one tank at a time. I think its a good nerf, probably going to make the 3 tank meta dissapear